Corona and Work around the Globe

Corona and Work around the Globe

In: Work in Global and Historical Perspective, 11

Edited by: Andreas Eckert and Felicitas Hentschke

De Gruyter | 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110718249

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This book provides a global perspective on the transformations in the world of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection of essays will break down the general statistics and trends into glimpses of concrete experiences of workers during pandemic, of workplaces transformed or destroyed, of workers protesting against political measures, of professions particularly exposed to the coronavirus, and also of the changing nature of some professions.

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Andreas Eckert, and Felicitas Hentschke, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	I
Table of Contents Free access PDF PDF	VII
Acknowledgements Free access PDF PDF	XI
Prologue Mahua Sarkar Free access PDF PDF	XIII
Introduction: Corona and Work around the Globe Andreas Eckert and Felicitas Hentschke Free access PDF PDF	XVII
Despair and Indifference at the Margins
Skill, Informality, and Work in Pandemic Times: Insights from India Supurna Banerjee Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	3
‘It was Quiet’: Pandemics as Normal Life in a Romanian Town Alina-Sandra Cucu Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	10
‘Solidarity’ in Times of Corona? Of Migrant Ghettos, Low-Wage Heroines, and Empty Public Coffers Nicole Mayer-Ahuja Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	19
Fear, Flight, and the Labor Question: Looking at Two Pandemics Chitra Joshi Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	28
Being ‘Relevant to the System’ is Female
Maids in Brazil: Domestic and Platform Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Larissa Rosa Corrêa and Paulo Fontes Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	37
Coronavirus Conjunctures: Waged Work, Wagelessness, and Futures in South Africa Bridget Kenny Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	43
Lending Style to the Unseemly: COVID-19 and Mask Design in Ethiopia Bahru Zewde Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	52
Shutter Release I. Current Issues in the World, Told Visually
Black Ward Maurice Weiss Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	60
“Why are People Dying in Our Hands?” was a Question that was Present Everywhere – An Interview Maurice Weiss and Felicitas Hentschke Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	86
The Health System in Which We Live
Nurses Marcel van der Linden Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	95
Changing Care Networks in the United Kingdom Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	103
Scares and Possibilities: The COVID-19 Emergency, the Disruption of Globalization, and the Reinvention of the Welfare State Preben Kaarsholm Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	111
State Dysfunction in a ‘Fortunate’ Japan Yoko Tanaka Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	120
Thwarted Youth
Learning in Lockdown: Studying and Teaching in Wales during the Coronavirus Pandemic James Williams Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	137
Youth Transitions in the Time of COVID-19 and Political Uprising Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	146
Women’s Empowerment Initiatives in the Sahel Challenged by COVID-19 Babacar Fall Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	155
Shutter Release II. Current Issues in the World, Told Visually
‘This is Ridiculous,’ Voting as Labor During COVID-19: A Report from the United States Ellen Rothenberg Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	163
Insistence on Voting Despite the Pandemic is an Act of Resistance – An Interview Ellen Rothenberg and Felicitas Hentschke Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	184
Fighting for Justice in the Pandemic
Police Violence and the Crisis of Work Authority in the COVID-19 Era Leon Fink Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	191
“We did All the Work for You”: Sex Work in Argentina in Pandemic Times Cristiana Schettini Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	200
The Reserve Army of Labor in the Air: Military Support Systems for Furloughed El Al Pilots On Barak Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	207
When Private and Public Spaces Become Blurred
Telework between Market and Family: The COVID-19 Crisis as an Accelerator of Social Change Jürgen Kocka Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	219
Work in Times of COVID-19: What is New and What is Not. A Western European Perspective Sandrine Kott Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	225
Through a Screen, Darkly: The Micro and Macro of Daily Life in the Early Pandemic Era Daniel Eisenberg Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	231
Contributors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	239
Picture Credits Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	243
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	245

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